Foreign residents in Gallodoro

Messina, Sicilia · Population 323 · Median age 50 · Indice di vecchiaia 290 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Gallodoro, in the province of Messina, is home to 1 Argentinians — 0.31% of its 323 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.

Across the nationalities we track, Gallodoro counts 6 foreign residents in total, 1.86% of the population. The largest groups are Argentinians (1), Germans (1), French nationals (1).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in Gallodoro has risen, from 0 to 1.

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.5% of Gallodoro's population was born outside Italy — 4.6% outside the EU and 6.8% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this broken down by specific country at comune level, so it isn't directly comparable to the per-nationality citizenship figures above.

Population over time

20022025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Argentina10.31%
Germany10.31%
France10.31%
United Kingdom10.31%
Ireland10.31%
Russia10.31%
Austria00.00%
Australia00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Brazil00.00%
Canada00.00%
Switzerland00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Spain00.00%
Finland00.00%
Greece00.00%
Japan00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Mexico00.00%
Netherlands00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Sweden00.00%
United States00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, from ISTAT’s population registry.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy28688.54%
Born elsewhere in the EU226.81%
Born outside the EU154.64%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — ISTAT does not publish comune-level population by specific country of birth, so this isn’t comparable per-nationality to the citizenship table above. See about the data.

Argentinians over time

Quality of life in Messina

Province-level well-being (BES), by domain — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Quality of services81
Landscape and cultural heritage71
Safety65
Social relationships49
Economic well-being29
Environment29
Education and training10
Work and life balance9
Health6

Full BES profile for MessinaMessina on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →

Tax regimes

Gallodoro qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.

Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.

How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

Property prices

To buy

510 /

To rent

1.50 /m²/month

Buying in Gallodoro is well below the Messina average of €941/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.

Buy or rent

28.3 years of rent here equal the purchase priceabove the national median of 22.2 years.

A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.

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Agenzia delle Entrate — Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare (OMI), semester 2025 H2. Figures are midpoints of OMI’s surveyed ranges for “Abitazioni civili” in normal condition — a guide to the market, not a valuation of any particular property. Source.

Nearby comuni

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